Max Branning is acting guilty over Lucy Beale's murder: What we learnt from Friday's EastEnders

Katy Brent wonders when this whodunnit is ever going to heat up

Max has been chain smoking his way through this week, there’s a man with a lot on his mind. But is it more than he’s letting on? After protesting his innocence to David, Max decides to destroy his secret sex mobile and wipe the CCTV of him fighting with Lucy in the car lot on the night she died. He reckons it’s to protect fragile Lauren from the awful truth – him slipping one to her best friend. But when has Max ever thought of anyone apart from himself? And are these really the actions of an innocent man? And when, oh when, is this whodunnit going to heat up?

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Naughty Max, but is he guilty of Lucy's murder?

Elsewhere, Carol shocked Bianca and Sonia by revealing that she has lost all her hair to cancer. Lindsey Coulson has been excellent as Carol in recent episodes, managing to come across as tough and vulnerable. Anyway, now she resembles Phil rather than Peggy (her words, not mine) she’s decided to get herself a syrup. “What’s your usual style?” the overly chirpy NHS wig saleswoman asked her. Crocodile clip and chip fat, do you have anything in that?

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Carol arranges a secret meeting with a wig specialist

And in the next instalment of the boring-storyline-that- we-don’t-care–about-at-all, Alfie decided that he WILL keep selling clothes. After deciding he didn’t want to. Then deciding he did. Then changing his mind again. Oh, who cares? Apparently he is such a good salesman that he managed to sell ALL his stock in just one day. Who knew demand for poorly made, garish clothes was so high….